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Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/946528-When-the-Light-Went-Out
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Rated: E · Book · Other · #2171679
Bingo Card and Winter Construct Cup Nov 23 thru Dec 22, 2018 Daily prompt inspired poems.
#946528 added November 29, 2018 at 2:34pm
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When the Light Went Out
When the Light Went Out

Once her brilliance
lit up the stage,
the premiere ballerina.
Now shards of fractured
memories haunt
the fragile lady in orange
as she dances
alone in her cell,
hearing their song
play over and over in her mind.
His betrayal
extinguished her flame.

Some say, he
displayed his heart
like his shiniest ornament.
dazzling but empty,
hung to attract the lights
and with his holiday done
he would tuck the orb away,
deep inside the box
marked “Decorations”.
Now, shattered by her bullet,
it will dazzle no more.
         ~~ Judi Van Gorder

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